TAMIU Fall Sports Kicks Off This Weekend

The Texas A&M International University Fall sports
season begins this weekend with the women's and men's
soccer teams hitting the field over the Labor Day weekend.

The TAMIU women's soccer team will open with two home
games, facing Wayland Baptist on Saturday and Angelo
State on Sunday. Both games are slated to kickoff
at 1 p.m. at the Dustdevil Soccer Field on campus.

Sophomore Erika Alcaráz returns for TAMIU after
leading the team with 12 goals in the team's inaugural
season in 2002. She will be joined by six other returning
letterwinners and 18 newcomers as the Dustdevils look
to improve on last season's 3-16 record.

The TAMIU men's soccer team will open against Louisiana
College on Saturday. The game against the NCAA Division
III opponent will be played at Schreiner University
in Kerrville, with kickoff slated for 4 p.m.

Returning to lead the charge for Dustdevils is sophomore
Daniel Hermosillo, who was selected as the Red River
Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year after
finishing atop the Conference rankings in goals (19)
and total points (45) last season. Sophomores José
Macias (seven goals, 16 points) and Carlos Velázquez
(three goals) also return after playing key roles in
leading the Dustdevils to a 9-8-2 record in 2002.

TAMIU's other Fall sports teams will start the season
next weekend, with the volleyball team opening at Texas
Wesleyan on Sept. 5 and the men's and women's cross
country teams opening at the Trinity Invitational on
Sept. 6.